New Attitude

I got a new attitude! (Can you hear the song in your head? You can thank me later.) Actually, I got a reality check today. I get in the habit of complaining about everything that's wrong and yet not doing my part to make it better. And that got thrown back at me this morning--and I'm grateful. I hurt someone's feelings--completely unintentionally--but I hurt them nonetheless. And she called me on it. I'm so glad she did. It made me rethink my attitude.

I can do better at helping out instead of sulking and complaining about what others can't or won't do. I can say that I'm grateful for my blessings and actually mean it--by showing it.

Sundays have been difficult lately. Trying to get three boys off to church by myself is not easy. There are many who do it--and have been doing it for a long time--but I'm not used to it and it's made me cranky on Sundays. Well, I need to get over it. This is what my Sundays are like right now. It's not that bad. At the end of the day, I'm a really lazy person. I want to sleep in just a bit on Sunday--and now I can't. And I'm annoyed by that. And so I sleep in anyway, then rush around yelling at everyone because I made myself late. I'm angry at the boys for not doing it all themselves. Umm...hello? If *I* don't want to get out of bed and get moving to church, how can I expect them to want to do that? (Besides, it's only about 4 more Sundays of 9:00 church, then we move to 11 which will be easier on the mornings. And as long as the Cowboys play at 3, we can stay the whole time. ;-)

So...I'm going to do better. Nine times outta ten--when I get mad at the world, it's because the world expected me to do something I didn't want to do--like get out of bed or get off the couch or get off the computer. Hmmm...seeing a trend here. I'm making an early resolution. I'm going to do a better job of thinking about others and not being so selfish. I'm going to be there for my friends. I'm going to try harder to keep the spirit with me and not force him away with my nasty attitude. And to any and all I've offended--I'm sorry. I'll do better.